Cathy Kaplan is a retired partner in Sidley’s New York office. While at Sidley, Cathy focused her practice on a broad range of structured finance transactions within Global Finance. She worked on structured notes, structured insurance products, CDOs, CLOs, cross-border transactions, asset- and mortgage-backed financings, and art-related financings.Cathy served on the Executive Committee and co-headed Sidley’s Global Finance group for 14 years, and she continues to help curate the art collection of Sidley's New York office. In addition, Cathy remains actively involved in the arts community, serving on several boards and committees. She is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Aperture Foundation; for eight years, she served on the Board of Directors of Her Justice (which provides legal services to victims of domestic abuse), and she now chairs its annual Photography Auction and serves on its Senior Advisory Board. She is also on the Photography Committee of the Whitney Museum. Cathy is Chair of the Board of Visitors of Columbia Law School, where she is an adjunct professor and teaches seminars on Law and Finance and Law and Finance of the Art Market. Cathy serves on the Governing Board of the Yale Art Gallery and is Chair of the Nominating Committee of the Board. Cathy also serves on the Board of the Bronx Council on the Arts. Cathy continues to represent collectors, artists, galleries, corporations and museums in a wide range of art-related transactions. Cathy has also represented banks and funds on art financing transactions.In 2022, Cathy was honored by the New York Law Journal with the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her accomplishments and impact on the legal community and the practice of law over the course of her career.